ELIOT, T. S. (1888-1965). The Literature of Politics. A Lecture ... With a Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Eden K.G., M.C., M.P., [London], 1955, 8vo, original stiff blue wrappers. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. With 2 other books by Eliot. (3)

ELIOT, T. S. (1888-1965).  The Literature of Politics. A Lecture Delivered at a C.P.C. Literary Luncheon ... With a Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Eden K.G., M.C., M.P. [London:] Conservative Political Centre, 1955. 8vo (185 x 125mm). Half title, blue typographical ornaments. Original stiff blue printed wrappers. Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page, with Eliot's printed name scored through. It is not known whether Eliot signed this copy for Anthony Eden, but it seems likely. Eden's printed foreword to the work states: "It was enterprising of our Conservative Political Centre, and in keeping with its highly successful approach to politics, to have cast Mr. Eliot in an unfamiliar role and now to have reproduced, for the instruction and delight of a wider audience, his very stimulating lecture." Gallup A67a. With 2 others by the same author, namely Poems 1909-1925 (London, Faber & Gwyer Ltd., 1925, 8vo, original dark blue buckram, with Anthony Eden's old armorial bookplate) and Points of View (London, 1941, 8vo, original light blue cloth, SIGNED by Anthony Eden, with his sparse pencil highlighting). (3)